SparkFun Electronics Commentsurn:uuid:214d0e4e-f1b1-d287-ce26-ac5b4c9f82492015-08-02T16:33:14-06:00SparkFun Electronicscrwper on New Product Friday: Stick With It!crwperurn:uuid:454023ab-7955-2617-4c44-3d7fabbd4acd2012-02-27T20:28:17-07:00<p>I&rsquo;ve noticed the same with my own designs based on the Venus. I really appreciated Venus' customer support, but I can&rsquo;t say I ever had good results with their receiver. The old 10 Hz data looked interpolated. Compared to data from a u-blox receiver, the Venus showed almost a second of lag. It seems highly unlikely that they&rsquo;ve managed 20 Hz of usable GPS data at this price.</p>Customer #299498 on New Product Friday: Stick With It!Customer #299498urn:uuid:237bab81-f5e6-99fc-6d0e-a8067f876cda2012-02-26T16:06:18-07:00<p>Ya but the analog pins can&rsquo;t handle as much current(even though no one would really notice)</p>jago lee on New Product Friday: Stick With It!jago leeurn:uuid:d49a8709-2e0e-c749-5148-186472d46d462012-02-26T07:04:28-07:00<p>it deppends what etching solution you have.</p>DML-P on New Product Friday: Stick With It!DML-Purn:uuid:502c14d5-4862-3b22-8e01-cb2b54ca32002012-02-25T16:29:17-07:00<p>The analog pins can be used as digital pins. Every digital only pin on the board is room to replace with an analog capable pin.</p>Zoomer on New Product Friday: Stick With It!Zoomerurn:uuid:f7c43fdf-3d9d-50fb-cecf-fdd68fae216c2012-02-25T07:39:25-07:00<p>New product idea! SparkFunyuns&hellip;. Funyuns (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funyuns) in the shape of the Sparkfun logo&hellip;</p>
<p>I get a 5% cut for the idea.</p>jago lee on New Product Friday: Stick With It!jago leeurn:uuid:d677cd5a-4c80-3390-08ba-d5b6b98a87dc2012-02-25T05:22:18-07:00<p>Thanks Robert!</p>icyfyer on New Product Friday: Stick With It!icyfyerurn:uuid:6c6767ca-e03b-fcbf-2787-49e898f8ce7c2012-02-25T00:46:05-07:00<p>Plus one for more antics! OO, and some shenanigans, too.</p>icyfyer on New Product Friday: Stick With It!icyfyerurn:uuid:e3e6e2c6-cd38-30ac-d9a9-988bb8fc764f2012-02-25T00:45:20-07:00<p>Even if it does, you can add some 3M spray adhesive and be good to go again.</p>CF on New Product Friday: Stick With It!CFurn:uuid:09f6ff4b-1ce4-631e-bff9-0b90f315a29a2012-02-24T22:58:04-07:00<p>I doubt it but you could give it a try. It would probably do nothing at all or make a big mess.</p>LooseTooth on New Product Friday: Stick With It!LooseToothurn:uuid:7ef51f8d-994c-8484-6215-6f115ca055672012-02-24T21:32:28-07:00<p>I&rsquo;ve used the uBlox 4 and 5 in designs in the past with good success. I&rsquo;m currently designing an autopilot that uses the Mediatek. I&rsquo;m just attracted by the higher update rate (10Hz).</p>
<p>I might actually pick up a new uBlox and do a baseline against the Mediatek for my own edification and against the Venus, just for laughs.</p>madsci1016 on New Product Friday: Stick With It!madsci1016urn:uuid:d3ce0102-4d2f-1b4d-5486-267785ff7a392012-02-24T21:25:42-07:00<p>I can second and third your dislike for the Venus GPS. A coworker and I bought a few two years ago. They were terrible, so very very bad. We both trashed them for a $100 uBlox and never looked back. Almost as good as the $$$ Novatel receivers I use at work.</p>Sleepwalker3 on New Product Friday: Stick With It!Sleepwalker3urn:uuid:f69a0159-242d-f2b0-e455-451061b6bccd2012-02-24T19:52:27-07:00<p>I don&rsquo;t mind less products, but like more antics! :)</p>war_spigot on New Product Friday: Stick With It!war_spigoturn:uuid:29c13038-7ae9-85fb-5ec9-2f4de27d8b842012-02-24T16:21:04-07:00<p>Would the adhesive backing on the copper tape be dissolved by etching solution? I&rsquo;m thinking adhesive circuit boards.</p>R_Phoenix on New Product Friday: Stick With It!R_Phoenixurn:uuid:1a772a3e-36e6-0792-aa99-4e505bcdc6372012-02-24T14:54:05-07:00<p>That&rsquo;s the beauty of building your own board - you can make room. ;)</p>RobertC. on New Product Friday: Stick With It!RobertC.urn:uuid:37379856-4d08-fe1e-ad70-ac9deb1509972012-02-24T14:00:03-07:00<p>True. I think my max has been 26 in one week, so yeah, 5 doesn&rsquo;t seem like much, but in the scope of things, I guess it is.</p>AngusP on New Product Friday: Stick With It!AngusPurn:uuid:5b027339-eb07-f5a9-32fc-d86d690637452012-02-24T13:49:18-07:00<p>When wou think about it, it&rsquo;s kind of wacky that you are able to add roughly four products to your inventory every week. I&rsquo;m not complaining!!</p>AD8BC on New Product Friday: Stick With It!AD8BCurn:uuid:67732623-687b-67a8-80cd-97adf3744e0e2012-02-24T13:40:11-07:00<p>Makes me think about the &ldquo;Simpsons&rdquo; episode where Homer gets his thumb cut off and stops off at Moe&rsquo;s for a beer, keeping his thumb fresh in the jar of pickled eggs&hellip;</p>LooseTooth on New Product Friday: Stick With It!LooseToothurn:uuid:3583fcb1-346d-8586-5206-cd0d6f87db8e2012-02-24T13:18:33-07:00<p>I use copper tape like that as a ground plane. It can help boost reception by placing it under a GPS ant, for example.</p>
<p>Man the last Venus chipset was horrible. I wanted it to work so badly. I bought multiple copies of it, I tried different antennaes. I played with the settings. I know somebody else who designed it into a small autopilot and then had to take it out due to the noisy performance it gave.</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m a glutton for punishment, so I may try the new one to see if they improved anything. I would love to have decent GPS data coming in at 20Hz. This was unheard of only a couple of years ago, on anything short of a $$$ Novatel receiver.</p>
<p>I mean I seriously don&rsquo;t know how they were even able to sell any of these things, it was so bad.</p>
<p>Could it potentially be a the microstrip / RF circuit design on the Sparkfun board? Have you guys tested it in real world (walking / driving) conditions and been happy with the performance?</p>CF on New Product Friday: Stick With It!CFurn:uuid:e3a98b8c-c8cb-9244-d99e-788a01fbdc652012-02-24T10:54:19-07:00<p>I always like when you present a lot of new stuff in a week too!</p>RobertC. on New Product Friday: Stick With It!RobertC.urn:uuid:86a19d51-6938-932b-82ba-430b3831a9d02012-02-24T10:31:59-07:00<p>noted.</p>
<p>From my standpoint, I see everything we get and I know when it&rsquo;s a &lsquo;slow&rsquo; week and when we&rsquo;re just swamped with new stuff. I always like when I&rsquo;m able to present a LOT of stuff in a week, so it&rsquo;s more just me being honest about how I feel.</p>
<p>But I understand where you&rsquo;re coming from.</p>Erazmus on New Product Friday: Stick With It!Erazmusurn:uuid:1383c7b7-8a87-b40c-ab06-3d4a213d63a42012-02-24T10:22:25-07:00<p>You need to stop saying &ldquo;we don&rsquo;t have much this week&rdquo;. Don&rsquo;t apologize. I like it when you spend more than a few seconds on an item and give more details.</p>RobertC. on New Product Friday: Stick With It!RobertC.urn:uuid:5fd5bbf5-46d3-3c4a-5e67-bc946a99cf152012-02-24T09:59:48-07:00<p>there wasn&rsquo;t any room. maybe on a next revision&hellip;</p>RobertC. on New Product Friday: Stick With It!RobertC.urn:uuid:1953062b-0267-4d95-ff54-e738c21f9fb82012-02-24T09:59:38-07:00<p>yeah, exactly!</p>customer207 on New Product Friday: Stick With It!customer207urn:uuid:39d3650f-1ee7-0ecb-55ff-455c450f981b2012-02-24T09:59:36-07:00<p>You must have forgot about &ldquo;Sparkfun&rdquo; -brand formaldehyde. Perfect for preserving severed fingers in a SF-brand tumbler!</p>Stev067 on New Product Friday: Stick With It!Stev067urn:uuid:6f405449-8081-601b-6b7f-e253e87d4c2e2012-02-24T09:38:20-07:00<p>lol Terrible&hellip;</p>CF on New Product Friday: Stick With It!CFurn:uuid:2b4a4ace-7684-4af9-5bd1-0fb59c6ea68c2012-02-24T09:31:50-07:00<p>First thing I thought of when I saw the copper tape: Custom RF shielding.</p>R_Phoenix on New Product Friday: Stick With It!R_Phoenixurn:uuid:d09bebe5-573e-d49c-db51-a61d42972ff72012-02-24T09:26:04-07:00<p>Why didn&rsquo;t you add the other 2 (A4 and A5) analog pins to the updated pro micro?</p>